Behind the Scenes Archives


Playing Reporter

The other day after I took a few snapshots of the awards on our wall, I walked past Megan’s office, which was open, and caught her in the act of *gasp* multi-tasking! So I played paparazzi and snapped her photo. Notice the awesome Nancy Drew-style hat on her table. What do you think she’s saying […]

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Snowed In 2012

So if you haven’t noticed the gap in posts this week, here’s the explanation for Monday’s absence: we had snow!! Yep, over here in Washington state, when it snows, it can be a terrible mess! Since there are a lot of hills, a little ice can mean a lot of danger if we aren’t careful. […]

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On Today’s Schedule…

First off, we posted an awesome interview with our long-term Art Director, Kyle, on the Dare to Play Blog this morning. If you are interested in learning more about the creative people who work here and creatively contribute to the making of the games, I highly suggest checking it out. A few of us had […]

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Middle of ND26

There is a lot going on here, but any random visitor wouldn’t notice if they walked into our office, because everyone is really quite. (Except for me, when during lunch I shoot off my toy bow and arrow at the window with a colored-on target). The artists are cranking away at a big deadline this […]

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Fixing Things: Computers and Stories

When things break, we pretend to be Nancy Drew, get creative and figure out how to fix what is broken. I took a picture a while back of this computer getting fixed. Apparently the sound card wasn’t working. Our super savvy techies were on the case! Another problem solved: A few of us got to […]

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Left-Over Halloween Decorations

As I was walking around the office today, I noticed a few Halloween decorations that were still up. There are still some crows hanging around, plastic spiders in the snack basket in the kitchen, and in the front office was the ceramic jack-o-lantern filled with candy (this is a good thing). Here is a particularly […]

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Birthdays in November + Winner

It’s always fun when some one’s birthday comes around, that’s when we get to kindly tease or celebrate with them…perhaps both. What’s extra nice is when a birthday treat comes in and everyone gets to partake in the desert. Today was a production worker’s birthday and cake was brought in to celebrate! Yum. Looks like […]

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Character Designer Interviewed!

I’m excited to announce that we interviewed our Character Designer, Van! Check out today’s Dare to Play blog post. I really like his designs. I admit I was a little worried about how Nancy’s friends would turn out…because I’m a little protective of how I envision them. But now I am very happy how they […]

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Nik and Cathy Interview!

Today we posted an interview with our writer Nik and designer Cathy on our Dare to Play Blog! This is especially a great read if you are curious on how the Nancy Drew games first start out.It takes a lot of thought to get just the right story, design, layout, pacing, and balance of puzzles, […]

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Happy Halloween 2011!

It’s Halloween! This is the day where we have the opportunity to dress up in any sort of outfit or costume for fun. Today, several of us silly and imaginative workers dressed up and together the entire office enjoyed a delicious assortment of foods and goodies. Yum…every once in a while I like to sneak […]

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